Thursday, July 16, 2015

As my family and I have currently been easing into the healing process, and as I have been slowly getting some sense of order back into my own daily life again (after a tree destroyed my family's home, for those of you who didn't yet know), while settling into a nice camper as a temporary home, it seemed like a good day for a virtual camping trip! A perfect fit for this time of year!

For me, I think a state forest is a good destination for this trip! Where would your choice be?

Once camp is set up...

First, a good supply of water is always a necessity, and Hint Water has it covered, with a year's supply for 100 winners! Next, there's a new Jeep to have some fun exploring rugged territory in the backwoods with, while you're there, from O-Cedar. This sweeps also offers prizes of cleaning supplies such as mops and brooms. These would be handy to keep that new camper from Jayco neat and tidy!

Two entries per person/email address. Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States, and Canada, at least 18 and the legal age of majority in their place of residence. Ends September 30, 2015.

Today brings the chance to win some wonderful things for the backyard! Deck it out with some Lowe's gift cards or the weekly prize pack from Perdue; create the lawn you've always wanted (or maybe even buy a nice swimming pool or something else!) with the gift card from Federalist; or set yourself up with a nice grilling station from Big Green Egg!

Whatever your choice is, you'd certainly have fun with a win from one of these!

One entry per person/email address. Open to legal residents of the continental United States, at least 18 and the age of majority in their place of residence. Ends August 10, 2015.

Other News
Unfortunately, Kitsy Lane has changed to a new business format, and recently sent an email that they have sold out the inventory for these boutiques, and will no longer be supporting them. They are operating under a new name now. Hence, as I have decided not to buy into the new model, my jewelry boutique is no longer in operation.

The boutique was the reason for my Twitter handle, @TBarkingRaccoon, so I may change that at some point, now.

The name, The Barking Raccoon, came to be when I was raising two orphaned baby raccoons that my son and his friends rescued, to eventually release back into the wild. They lived in the house with us, and were polite and well-mannered. We just loved them.

Our three dogs, all labs, were also "raising" them, and they all got along well, overall. The "babies," as we called them, learned to imitate the dogs in some ways, and one day, I heard one of them make a barking noise! I was so surprised!

That day I just said to myself, "My next business will be named The Barking Raccoon." So, that's how the jewelry boutique got its name.